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Gus, are you a Millennial?

You'll be back, Jack.

Good post. I would love to hear Hahn's rebuttal to signing Moose and then flipping him the way KC did, but he probably hasn't even thought about it. Now, Moose will be available again without the draft pick compensation.

Would the Cubs have fired Ricky if Maddon had not made himself a Free Agent?

Just a bump in the road for Sox fans. Much worse for young Mr. Kopech, I am sure. Histrionics seldom help.

Remember maybe 6 months ago someone posted an article and video of Kopech taking a running start and throwing into a screen as hard as he could and getting it up to 110 mph? As soon as I saw that, I thought accident waiting to happen.

When do the other teams start copying this idea?

Always a good report, but you highlighted the wrong Tyler Johnson. Some guy who last pitched in 2007 vs our stud at Dash who is 22-23 yrs old.

I am looking at a worst case scenario. My glass is half empty. What is the purpose of the grievance to be filed by his legal team? Publicity? Slap the hands of White Sox? Change that portion of the CBA? I don't think so. Eloy's team probably will ask for free agency. Why take a chance. All Hahn has to do to defuse this is promote him tomorrow. This whole issue is potentially so delicate that the Owner should step in, if he has to. Just my opinion.

Hawk guaranteed that Sox will kick some Cub ass in years ahead.

What happens if Eloy wins his grievance, Dick? Free agency?

So, if Eloy prevails in his grievance, he becomes a free agent, correct? Or possibly?? Why take a chance? Bring him up, Hahn. This is a no brainer, If Sox loses, and Eloy is FA, then does Hahn get fired?

I hope the crowd is nice to Hawk.

Another poster said Burr's fastball was straight. He's correct.

Sox are dead wrong here. He should have been promoted months/weeks ago. Keeping him at Charlotte makes almost as much sense as keeping him there all of 2019 too, just for more control. I'm sure glad they didn't do this with Big Frank.

Name from the past. I still remember his first Colorado presser. He said he signed with Rockies because of the Denver school system, not the money.

Uh, because Yelich is on the top 10 list for MVP candidates, signed thru 2021, and can hit and play defense. They gave up 3 decent prospects, nothing like our top guys, and Brinson. Milwaukee won that trade. Just my own pipe dream. Was never gonna happen.

And Yelich.

Right. We are developing Jeanmar Gomez.

His agent might be. IMO, MM will not go to a team that is not ready to compete. He has been to Baltimore. Now, if Sox bring up Eloy soon, and he hits, then it might look like we can compete next year. At least we would have an argument.

PTI discussed Eloy's status tonight. Always nice to see Sox get some attention.

They seldom have to give up anything.

Reminded me of a really bad collision he had in his minor league days, when he ran into outfielder May. Knocked them both out of commission.

This issue of service time was brought to a head with the Kris Bryant episode. They chose to keep him down a couple extra weeks, got a shitload of criticism, then brought him up and a year later gave him his extension. Just bring Eloy up, play him, get us all excited, then extend him in a couple of years if he hits. Before Bryant, it wasn't a big national issue, IIRC.

Talk about under the radar. He hit 21 homers last year in rookie league, not even on their Top 30 List.